Mapping the pathways to staphylococcal pathogenesis by comparative secretomics

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 755-788

  Sibbald, M J J B ^a   Ziebandt, A K ^b   Engelmann, S ^b   Hecker, M ^b   De Jong, A ^c   Harmsen, H J M ^a   Raangs, G C ^a   Stokroos, I ^a   Arends, J P ^a   Dubois, J Y F ^a   Van Dijl, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; HOLIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BDBD; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN PRSA; PROTEIN SEC; PSEUDOPILIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SORTASE; SORTASE A; SORTASE B; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPARATIVE SECRETOMICS; GENOMICS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33749247804     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00008-06     Document Type: Review

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